#93

James Lynch

Former defensive tackle at Baylor. 2019: 13.5 sacks, 19.5 tackles for loss, 41 tackles.

DT · Baylor · Jr. · #93

6′4″ · 295 lb · Round Rock, TX

Minnesota — drafted 2020, Rd 4, Pick 24, #130 overall

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 605 nationally · Signed with Baylor

Statement game5 tackles · 4 TFL · 3 sacksat Kansas State (FBS) · W 31-12

Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive tackle at Baylor. 2019: 13.5 sacks, 19.5 tackles for loss, 41 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Baylor in 2017.
Drafted round 4 by the Minnesota in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Baylor, 97 tackles — drafted at #130 overall by Minnesota.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20178 games

Signed with Baylor3-star out of Round Rock

2020

Drafted by Minnesotaround 4, pick 130

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#605 national

CFB

College

Baylor

2017–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #130

Minnesota · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2017–2019

1 coach

2017–2019

Matt Rhule

Baylor

Played his entire career under Matt Rhule.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MinnesotaEntering 7th NFL season

#130Rd 4 · Pick 24

MinnesotaEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Matt Rhule — 19-20 over that span.

2017Baylor1-11HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced

2018Baylor7-6HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Baylor11-3HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (100th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (100th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#4 / 2688 · 100th pct

13.5

QB hurries#6 / 2688 · 100th pct

Tackles for loss#6 / 2688 · 100th pct

19.5

Passes defended#271 / 2688 · 88th pct

Tackles#910 / 2688 · 65th pct

Solo tackles#1011 / 2688 · 61st pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	2.4	1.1	0.8	0.5
Road6g	3.7	1.8	1.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.7	1.8	1.4	0.3
Weeks 8+7g	3.1	1.0	0.6	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Baylor	41	23	19.5	13.5	5	--	--
2018	Baylor	36	21	9.0	5.5	2	--	--
2017	Baylor	20	15	5.0	3.0	--	--	--
Career		97	59	33.5	22.0	7	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2019

W 23–21

vs Iowa State

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.

With C. Brewer — 307 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 53.2 · 29 rush yds (13 car) · I. Power — 43 AVG · 50 LONG · 6 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week